"Man possesses, in its highest form, the power of consciously and arbitrarilydetermining his point of view. He can at one time disregard the most salientfeatures of an object, and immediately thereafter give attention to its smallest details; ...;he can rise at will to the most general abstractions or buryhimself in the minutest particulars.

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A further consideration [reveals that] the links to colors, sounds and other sensations appear to be morereal than the colors, sounds and other sensations themselves.

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But as soon as we have perceived that [blogs] are only makeshifts, designed for provisionalsurvey and for certain practical ends, we find ourselves obliged ... to abandon themas insufficient and inappropriate."